Post your Smallest grafts here if you dare

[Post your Smallest grafts here if you dare]

My grafting technique normally gets around 99% success rates so I have a hard time switching to that. I've tried pressure grafts and gotten much lower rates of success and more cases of scion rot. This was kind of a freak accident with the bags as I usually do not even touch them after I put the bag on. But maybe one day I'll try it out again.

[Post your Smallest grafts here if you dare]

I grafted 3 of the scopulicola x c. peruvianus seedlings. They were probably under 1mm thick and like 1-2mm tall.  Two failed just by the humidity bag falling onto them and the third one took and is now growing. It has gotten bigger than it was when i did the graft. Was very difficult.  The only smaller grafts I've done have been aztekium seedlings, but I have no pictures.

[Zelly's trich crosses, got pics? post here please]

5 hours ago, Pedropark said:

Huaraz x Scop getting fat

That is beautiful!!!

[The Spineless Trichocereus Scopulicola Project]

This one came from one of the people in this thread. I lost the tag, but it was a product of this little project. I am super happy with the results.  I know it looks super skinny, but it's nearly a perfect looking scop. I just suck at growing big trichos. Lol.

 

 

[Nitrogen´s Connoisseur hybrids - pics and seed giveaway]

Here is a TPM x SS02 from nitrogen's 2012 seeds.

 

TPQC x TPM from the same batch

 

[My Garden Thread]

Some pics of the outdoor garden.

 

And also my kitty Loph touching a loph.

 

[My Garden Thread]

I used to have one of these threads but can't find it. I started ramping up my cactusing again so I'm going to be throwing pictures in here and updating with stuff I'm doing.

 

Right now I am working on growing high quality ariocarpus and astrophytum cultivars and hybrids. Some of the Ariocarpus hybrids I'm growing right now are...

 

 

#	Species/Hybrid	Seed #	Germ Date	Soil Mix	Germ #
1	Ariocarpus fromdosus royal C1 x A. mariubo cauliflower	12	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	11
2	Ariocarpus godzilla loydii x A. godzilla loydii variegata	12	6/12	Ario Seedling Mix 1	12
3	Ariocarpus loydii godzilla variegata x A. godzilla coral	13	6/12	Ario Seedling Mix 1	8
4	Ariocarpus mariubo cauliflower S1 x A. godzilla coral	6	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	4
5	Ariocarpus godzilla hybrid A6 x A. super godzilla	12	6/12	Ario Seedling Mix 1	12
6	Ariocarpus gift?	6	6/9	Ario Seedling Mix 1	6
7	Ariocarpus godzilla royal x A. godzilla super	12	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	7
8	Ariocarpus mariubo trefinger x A. loydii latus variegata	6	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	4
9	Ariocarpus fromdosus cauliflower C5 x A. godzilla loydii	7	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	7
10	Ariocarpus mariubo cauliflower x A. mariubo monstrose	6	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	10
11	Trichocereus scopulicola x Cereus peruvianus	12	6/15	Ario Seedling Mix 1	3
12	Echinopsis small red x big pink	20	6/10	Ario Seedling Mix 1	20
13	Adenium obesum "velocity"	7	-----------------	Ario Seedling Mix 1	0

 

 

And some more sowing

 

 

Species/Hybrid	Seed #	Germ Date	Soil Mix	Germ Number
Trichocereus peruvianus monstrose x "Mystery"		2/22	Seedling 2	26
Trichocereus bridgesii "wowie" x SS02		2/22	Seedling 2	53
Trichocereus huarazensis x Trichocereus "Lumberjack"		2/22	Seedling 2	48
Trichocereus huanacoensis x Trichocereus scopulicola		2/22	Seedling 2	27
Trichocereus scopulicola x T. variegated red gradiflorus		2/22	Seedling 2	42
Trichocereus bridgesii "MM" x Trichocereus bridgesii "KGC"		2/22	Seedling 2	43
Trichocereus validus x Trichocereus bridgesii "KGC"		2/22	Seedling 2	50
(SS02 x SS01) x Trichocereus variegated red grandiflorus		2/22	Seedling 2	49
Trichocereus peruvianus monstrose x Trichocereus scopulicola	13	2/22	Seedling 1	12
Trichocereus scopulicola x Trichocereus peruvianus monstrose	35	2/23	Seedling 1	30
Astrophytum asterias variegata	15	2/21	Seedling 1	8
Astrophytum myriostigma fukuryu	6	2/21	Seedling 1	5
Astrophytum myriostigma quadricostatum variegata	16	2/21	Seedling 1	13
Mystery Astrophytum		2/21	Seedling 1	1
Trichocereus scopulicola x Trichocereus scopulicola		2/22	Seedling 1	17
Lophophora williamsii x Lophophora alberto-vojtechii	47	2/21	Seedling 1	38
Lophophora alberto-vojtechii "Wermland"	50	2/21	Seedling 1	36
Lophophora williamsii var. caespitosa	18	2/24	Seedling 1	2
Cintia Knizeii	10	2/23	Seedling 1	9
3-16 Lophophora williamsii var. texensis	10	3/20	Seedling 1
Lophophora williamsii var. pentagona	10	3/20	Seedling 1
Lophophora williamisii var. Decipiens	10	3/20	Seedling 1
Lophophora williamisi mix	20	3/20	Seedling 1
Lophophora diffusa var. khoeresii San Francisco	15	3/20	Seedling 1
Turbinicarpus lophophorides	10	3/20	Seedling 1

 

 

Lots of cool plants on the way. I am waiting for the astrophytum seeds to get here to start those. I have already grafted about half of the ariocarpus seeds. Lots of variegates. Stoked to show them off when they're bigger.

 

hostilis

[Zelly's trich crosses, got pics? post here please]

TPM x Scopulicola and Scop x TPM

[Zelly's trich crosses, got pics? post here please]

Macrogronus x bridgesii 'helen'

[TBM Flowering]

Woah. TBM x TPM.  Can't wait to see what comes of that. Also I remember these pictures from a few years ago on a thread here.

[Nitrogen´s Connoisseur hybrids - pics and seed giveaway]

Own roots seedslings. They grow maybe 3 months out of the year then go dormant.  I'll post some grafted ones tomorrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Crested pereskiopsis from a neglected pereskiopsis]

Hello friends. Long time no post.

So I was looking at my plants that have been rather neglected due to a new job and other things keeping me busy and I noticed this crested pereskiopsis. Pretty cool. I am rooting for it to continue like this, but I am guessing it'll split into several heads at some point.

[The Spineless Trichocereus Scopulicola Project]

You guys are so awesome for taking this project and running with it!! I'm loving all the cool plants coming from these seeds.

[Grafts -Photos & Updates]

That caespitosa is going to be insane in a few years!! Your grafts are very healthy looking dude.

[My first cacti in the ground]

I see. The leaves have that shape to them, but the structure isn't right for an epiphyte.

I really wish I could plant cacti in the ground where I am!!! Well, I can, but only those that can survive freezing temps and snow for months. I have a few opuntia in the ground and they are doing great.

[Time-lapse]

I feel you. This year has been the best for me. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it because I got like 5x more growth than I have in previous years. It's a constant learning process. Probably even after 30 years.

[Time-lapse]

Damn, I've never seen a plant grow that much in one year. That's crazy!

[My first cacti in the ground]

Nice! That plant in the back right there, is that an epiphylum or are my eyes deceiving me? The leaves look like some epiphytes I have.

[Time-lapse]

July 2014

August 2015

[Astrophytum mutations? They're not flowers, they're not fruits, they're not pups, what are they?]

Hello everyone. I've been getting lots of astrophytum flowers recently. Among those flower these things have been popping up. Some of them start to form petals and then usually die, but some of them don't start forming petals and just keep growing like this. They look like a hybrid between a pup, flower bud, and fruit, but don't fit the profile fully for any of those organs.

Have any of you experienced this? Do any of you know what they are?

Here are some photos of the ones without petals. They've been growing for about 2 months.

This one is forming petals, but has been growing for 3 weeks longer than the flower that already completed.

I decided to do an autopsy on one of them. It seems like a normal section on the inside, but it almost looks like there is some pollen forming in the growth point at the top. There is some yellow dust, but there are no petals forming.

I am thinking of grafting one of them to see what it grows into. I'll update here if I do.

If any of you know what this is then please let me know! I'm extremely curious. I've never seen this before in person or online.

hostilis

[Astrophytum asterias variegata flowering. Perfect specimen. Looking for pollen!]

This beautiful variegated asterias finally decided to open a flower up for me and it was quite the spectacle! I also had a few other non-variegates flower for me. Here are some photos.

I crossed it with the plat on the left in this photo. It should be an interesting hybrid!! I also crossed those two plants in the photo with each other. Unfortunately those flowers were done before this one opened. Otherwise I would have use pollen from the variegate to pollinate them.

[The Spineless Trichocereus Scopulicola Project]

Those look very promising! Can't wait till all of these are older and we can hybridize them again. There will be tons of different spineless scop clones floating around.

[The Spineless Trichocereus Scopulicola Project]

Wow. That doesn't look like scop. My koehres scop seedling graft failed, but the other two took and they're looking promising.

BB Scop x TE Scop from MasterB Looks great!!

Ebay Scop. This one is already starting to show the spines sinking into the areoles with those weird ridges, but it looks a bit off.

I have a few more scop x scop from random people that I'm going to be sowing soon. I'll keep you all updated.

[Cacti yellow discolouration]

It looks like typical scarring to me. Absolutely nothing to worry about in my experience. Looks like it's growing nicely as well.

[Nitrogen´s Connoisseur hybrids - pics and seed giveaway]

Here's a big TPQC x TPM. It grows so much different on a big stock. You can see the old growth with tons of spines and growth points, but the new growth on the big stock is just one huge crest. I called this one TPQC x TPM "Broccoli"

Here is a TPM x N1

Here's a different clone of TPQC x TPM. The entire crest's growth point died and turned black randomly, but it healed and started growing again with the tiny pieces of the crest that weren't dead and new pups.

Not sure what this one is. I lost the label. I think it was TPC x something or other.

Then here are my nitrogen's seedlings on their own roots.